Alder School

Set in Alder, Montana, Alder School is a rural-scale elementary campus, one of the schools within Alder Elem. It educates 11 students across grades pre-K through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 93% leaner than the state mean of about 167.

Alder School sits inside Alder Elem, the local public-school operator responsible for the campus.

On demographics, Alder School records that 91% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority; the rest comes out to 9% Black. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school employs 2 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 5.2:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 11.9:1, putting Alder School tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 27% of students at Alder School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

In the area at large, census data for Madison County shows the typical household earns roughly $75,250 per year, about 33% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 3%. In all, Madison County runs 13 public schools (combined enrollment of about 989 students), of which Alder School is one.

The closest other public school is Sheridan Elementary Schl, roughly 10.1 miles away.

Geographically, the school is in a small-town area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Alder School's enrollment has edged down 45% since 2018, when it stood at 20 (now 11). The Black share of enrollment climbed from 0% to 9% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 10.0:1 in 2018 to 5.2:1 today.

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